Plant Engineer

Job summary

The Plant Engineer manages the maintenance of production equipment, furnaces, and facilities while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations. They also lead continuous improvement initiatives, oversee apprenticeship programs, and manage department budgets.

Job details

Company Description About O-I Remember the last time you opened a bottle of champagne? A cold beer after a hard day’s work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench your thirst? Well, it was probably made by us. We are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world. O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Why do you want to apply? Our Brampton plant is located in the greater Toronto area, about 40 minutes from downtown. It’s an exciting time at this facility and the future is bright at Brampton! Job Description The Plant Engineer is accountable for managing the maintenance of the plant’s production equipment, furnace, electrical systems, building, and grounds. The Plant Engineer also ensures the plant is in compliance with environmental and safety regulations. The Plant Engineer will: Conduct periodic inspection and provide guidance concerning all plant systems, furnaces, equipment, facilities, and grounds. Ensure preventive maintenance is followed on production equipment by scheduling repairs and upgrades while simultaneously working to maximize plant uptime. Supervise training of personnel to ensure all crafts (electrical, hydraulic and mechanical) have the required level of expertise. Support job change initiatives to improve performance. Remain consistent with lean principles, and ensure the development of a continuous improvement culture within the plant by involving relevant salary and hourly workforce in the on-going identification, development, and implementation of improvements to the manufacturing process. Champion energy savings initiatives. Oversee plant apprenticeship program. The Plant Engineer should have: Experience communicating and directing the application of safety and environmental regulations. Experience investigating all accidents and safety incidents within the plant, ensuring proper root cause analysis to provide remedial action to prevent reoccurrence and implement corrective actions. The ability to prepare estimates and specifications of plant projects, determining crew size, trades involved, and materials required to complete projects. Experience coordinating and directing outside contracting work associated with plant system, furnace, and facility. The ability to effectively manage department budgets. Be recognized as a transformational change leader with a track record of driving cultural change, enhancing team performance, and delivering measurable improvements in maintenance reliability and operational effectiveness Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering 5+ years of experience in a maintenance management or engineering management position in a manufacturing environment. Experience working in a CMMS (previous Limble experience highly desired) Experience creating a maintenance plan for a large manufacturing facility Experience managing projects on a large scale Leadership abilities managing a team, including coaching, training, delegating responsibilities Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with other departments Additional Information What we offer at O-I: Salary Range: The expected salary range for this position is between $120,000 - $160,000 and includes a possible 18% quarterly incentive bonus. Actual pay will be adjusted based upon candidate experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position is for an existing vacancy. O-I offers a very generous benefit package – some of the highlights are: Vacation time and paid holidays Medical, dental, prescription and vision care coverage Pre-tax accounts Well-being program which includes opportunity to earn employer contributions Life and AD&D Insurance Disability Insurance Registered Retirement Savings Plan with employer contributions Financial advisors to assist with retirement planning and financial wellness Employee Assistance Program All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. O-I is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected category. Qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans who are unable or limited in their ability to apply on this site may request reasonable accommodations by emailing [email protected]. Department: Operations Location: Brampton Compensation: CAD 120000 - CAD 160000 - yearly

What you’ll do

The Plant Engineer manages the maintenance of production equipment, furnaces, and facilities while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations. They also lead continuous improvement initiatives, oversee apprenticeship programs, and manage department budgets.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and possess at least 5 years of experience in maintenance or engineering management within a manufacturing environment. Strong leadership skills, experience with CMMS, and the ability to manage large-scale projects are required.

Benefits

• Vacation time
• Paid holidays
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Prescription coverage
• Vision care coverage
• Pre-tax accounts
• Well-being program
• Life insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Disability insurance
• Registered retirement savings plan
• Financial advisors
• Employee assistance program

Listed skills

• Preventive Maintenance · Preferred
• Continuous Improvement · Preferred
• Root Cause Analysis · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Coaching · Preferred
• Training · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Maintenance management
• Engineering management
• Preventive maintenance
• Lean principles
• Continuous improvement
• Safety regulations
• Environmental regulations
• Root cause analysis
• Project management
• Budget management
• Leadership
• Coaching
• Training
• CMMS
• Electrical systems
• Mechanical systems
• Lean Principles
• Management
• Communication
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Cosmetics
• Electrical Systems
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Engineering Management
• Environmental Laws
• Optometry
• Packaging And Labeling
• Furnaces
• Interpersonal Communications
• Preventive Maintenance
• Manufacturing Processes
• Project Management
• Medical Prescription
• Operations
• Pharmaceuticals
• Production Equipment
• Remedial Action
• Retirement Planning
• Team Performance Management
• Scheduling
• Collaboration
• Coordinating
• Root Cause Analysis
• Reliability

Job areas

• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Management & Leadership
• Energy
• Environmental & Sustainability
• Plant Engineer
• Industrial Plant Engineer
• Industrial and Production Engineers
• Industrial Engineers

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